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Despite impressive numbers, Lake Worth QB Evan Moore isn't getting a lot of college attention
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
by
Matt Porter
Judging by his career totals, Lake Worth quarterback Evan Moore should be choosing among at least a few big-school hats to wear on signing day.
Starting as a freshman, Moore put up 7,825 career passing and rushing yards and 97 touchdowns, the highest totals of any quarterback in his class. He's a Super 11 selection and a two-time first-team All-Area selection.
And he's still searching for a college.
While Moore picked up a bucketful of recruiting mail entering his junior year - including letters from South Carolina, Wake Forest and Miami - just one school has offered a scholarship: North Carolina Central, a Football Championship Subdivision (Div. I-AA) school in Durham, N.C. He also expects to get one from another FCS school, Southeast Missouri State . Moore's grades and size (6 feet, 180 pounds) leave him lost in the shuffle.
Moore was named the National team MVP of Saturday's Palm Beach County-Treasure Coast All-Star Game after throwing for 172 yards and a touchdown on 13-of-28 passing. He also had 37 yards on 13 carries.
"It's been slow," he said of his recruitment. "Hopefully it picks up."
He scored a 1360 on the SAT, but 18 on the ACT and has a 2.6 GPA, both average numbers. He admits he could have studied harder.
"You've got to have the academic portion," Lake Worth coach Errick Lowe said. "They can go find a 6-foot-4 kid with half your ability, but still get just as much out of him, and they don't have to worry about him. That's their perception."
Moore's size is a non-starter for many programs.
"If Evan was 6-3, he'd have a few offers," said Jupiter Christian coach Bill Powers, who coached against Moore in Saturday's all-star game. "These out-of-state guys, they come back and say, 'I've got a quarterback who's thrown for 4,000 yards - whatever the number is - and he's 6-foot, 190 pounds.' The head coach will say, 'You're kidding me. You went all the way to Florida and that's the best you can get me?' They can find a 6-foot quarterback in their backyards."
They might not find one with Moore's ability to throw passes on the run and change directions in the backfield.
Moore looks at Drew Brees, another 6-foot quarterback, who became a Super Bowl champion and the NFL's single-season passing leader. Moore isn't a state MVP coming out of high school, as was Brees, but he feels he can contribute to a Division I program. And if not, he'll try to shine at a smaller school.
"I'll go to whoever wants me," he said.
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User Comments:
Looking up commented on January 17, 2012 at 6:36 p.m.: report abuse
Good things come to those who wait. Something will come his way and he needs to take advantage of it and not let it slip away. Remember that school is part of the deal and that too must be taken seriously. He will play somewhere on Saturdays and that school will ba getting a good QB.
scores commented on January 17, 2012 at 9:02 p.m.: report abuse
Are those SAT scores with the 3 tests combined (I'm assuming it is since is ACT was so low along with his GPA)? Normally they only go by the two test (math and reading scores).
Let this be an example to all other athletes out there....grades first. If this kid had a 3.0 with a 1000 SAT he would be seeing a long more offers. Big schools aren't gonna take a risk on a kid who is small in stature AND has average at best grades. They'd be more willing to take a risk had he performed better in the classroom.
scores commented on January 17, 2012 at 9:04 p.m.: report abuse
The 1000 score mentioned above is in reference to the 2 test score not the 3 test score (which is indicated in the article at 1360). Recruiters and colleges only care about the math and reading portion. Recruiters don't care about the 3rd portion.
Get Yours commented on January 17, 2012 at 9:09 p.m.: report abuse
Take what ever you can get! Free College education! Maybe enroll at a JUCO college and then transfer to a bigger program! Don't give up young man or turn your nose down on an offer because it isn't one of the big schools!
pbcboy commented on January 17, 2012 at 9:57 p.m.: report abuse
FAU...STEP IT UP AND OFFER THIS KID...WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO LOSE?
Lack of Effort commented on January 18, 2012 at 5:33 a.m.: report abuse
Evan spent 4 years at Lake Worth not doing a thing. He failed gym his Freshman year because he was too lazy to dress out. The reason he has a 2.6 is because some teachers at LW gave him grades simply because he's the QB. He spent 2 weeks sitting in the guidance office at the beginning of this year because he knew if he didn't show up to his class he didn't receive the "Entry" code and therefore couldn't be graded on assignments he didn't do. Bottom line: no college wants to spend money on a kid who is incredibly lazy and expects the world to just throw itself at his feet simply because he's the QB at LW.
Come on now commented on January 18, 2012 at 7:25 a.m.: report abuse
He is not 6'. Not even close. He's closer to 5'9" or 5'10" at the most. Doesn't throw downfield well enough to make up for his lack of size. Grades are just average. He's just a guy. Not a home run guy.
ODD! commented on January 18, 2012 at 7:27 a.m.: report abuse
I cant believe his family let the paper post this personal information about him in the first place. How is this going to help him find a school now that everyone knows he goofed off in school. Some things you should not make public.
dmill commented on January 18, 2012 at 8:12 a.m.: report abuse
this guy's great yall give the kid a chance
Media Hahaha commented on January 18, 2012 at 8:21 a.m.: report abuse
The family let it in because it is mostly lies. He does not have close to a 2.6. He is more like a 2.1 and 1360 on Sat and Act 18? He has not even taken them. I laugh at the media for all the hooplah, in fact he has hard time throwing on the run because he never looks downfield when he is running, its funny, DESPITE his numbers......and NUMBERS do not mean anything. There is more than just grades and size to this believe me, he is no where near big time level. JUCO, D3.
Naw commented on January 18, 2012 at 9:39 a.m.: report abuse
cmon now, why would it matter if the post writes the truth? The colleges are gonna find out the real deal anyway. Post isn't telling them something they don't know, post is letting everyone else know why this kid don't have offers
Reality commented on January 18, 2012 at 9:54 a.m.: report abuse
I think this article actually served some good,meaning that if your not that freak D1 athlete you better be the full package including academics.The competition is fierce out there specially when you leave HS.Your brain is what will get you ahead in life,look how many guys made pro and do not have 2 nickels to rub together.
BigDawg61 commented on January 18, 2012 at 11:12 a.m.: report abuse
if he would have shown the larger college programs that he was as dedicated in the classroom as he is on the football field maybe he would have gotten a couple of small D1 looks. Last year the college where my son plays signed California's 6a player of the year who was also the receipient of the National Old Spice POY and led his HS to to the State championship game his Junior and Senior year. Although the kid threw for 4900 yds, 46TDs and only 7 ints he only had offers from 3 D1 programs but he was a 4.0 student who scored a 32 on his ACT so he had options to attend pretty much every Ivy school. The one problem with Nick is his measurables he's only 5'10-5'11 190lbs . USC,UCLA, Baylor, Washington and several others offered "prefered" walkon status but he went for the scholly instead.
Evan Moore is a pretty good QB and could flourish with a D2 or even a smaller D1aa program but to say hes a D1 QB is ridiculous..
Look what happened to Star Jackson he went to Bama and was totally outclassed tranfered to Ga State and never rose above #3 on the depth chart he would have been #4 but Bo Schlecter volunteered to play receiver last season..
Why? commented on January 18, 2012 at 11:19 a.m.: report abuse
Why would The Post exploit the Moore kid with this article? The story is nothing special ------ above average athletic talent, but not spectacular, cannot overcome size and grade issues. Every school has multiple kids in this exact boat. It really doesn't do anything good for the kid and makes him look a bit sad.
Was the thinking that this article and the multiple tweets from two beat high school sports reporters who aren't very athletic will catch the eye of college recruiters who scour the area and make them say, "Hey, here's our guy? What were we thinking before?".
Stat Man commented on January 18, 2012 at 11:38 a.m.: report abuse
If you don't have D-1 measurables you gotta have grades. Said it for three years in a row, the Kid is a nice talent but not D-1. He is more of a D-3 kid and there is nothing wrong with that, especially if you can get a quality education out of it. The real problem is the hype machine that feeds into these kids heads. Big difference between hype and reality. I'm afraid he won't be the only story like this we hear about this year. D-1 all about the measurables. If you not D-1 measurables get your grades up and play some D-2 ,D-3. It's really not that bad.
BigDawg61 commented on January 18, 2012 at 12:05 p.m.: report abuse
The average cost for an out of state student to attend a d3 scool is 40k a yr. D3 schools have to put together academic scholarship packages to make it half way affordable and from the looks of mr Moores grades he aint qualifying for much. if he does in fact have some type scholly money available to him from the schools mentioned in the article he had best jump on it.
bigdawg61 commented on January 18, 2012 at 12:10 p.m.: report abuse
*School* I'm trying to multi task with spelling like that you'd think I scored an 18.lol
Big Bad John commented on January 18, 2012 at 1:05 p.m.: report abuse
18 on the ACT average numbers? Hell you get 15 for writing your name correctly
glades central commented on January 18, 2012 at 1:11 p.m.: report abuse
same thing going on with jaime wilson from glades central they are good players with average grades but no d1 offers it's crasy hope something come through for both of these guys
Oh Well commented on January 18, 2012 at 2:06 p.m.: report abuse
Oh well, this is a pointless article honestly like someone said.....and he was not dedicated in any area of his life, grades or football.
Honestly people did not realize he was not that good, had a lot of turnovers....look at the all star game alone, he got mvp for what, 3 interceptions?
Typical over exposure who cracked under pressure and never took it too serious. He had some talent, but average at best. D3 all the way.
Football Ref commented on January 18, 2012 at 7:34 p.m.: report abuse
Word amongst the recruiters is jaime Wilson has an attitude problem and that during the season Blackmon had to sit him a couple of times and threaten to take his "1 jersey from him add in the fact that he's an average student at best doesnt go along way especially when trying to get into a BCS. I'll put it this way if the kid had the grades and demeanor of Likely he'd be signing with a top 20 programs .
This is a good lesson for young student athletes that think they only need to succeed on the field and slip by in the classroom. Wilson has tons of talent and thats it..
wtf commented on January 18, 2012 at 8:36 p.m.: report abuse
everyone who is saying he should go D2 or D3 is are dumb asses. why would he do that when the schools that offered him are d1 double a schools idiots.
Cause commented on January 18, 2012 at 10:36 p.m.: report abuse
He probably won't get in by school standards with those grades, he has to get them up for NCAA to let him be eligible.
@ FOOTBALL REF commented on January 19, 2012 at 10:17 a.m.: report abuse
I will assure you that Jamie Wilson does not have a attitude problem. Grades maybe? Someone is missing the boat on this kid. He has unlimited potential. Just wait until he takes speed training seriously.
^^^^ commented on January 19, 2012 at 10:32 a.m.: report abuse
Wouldn't 2-3 years ago been a great time to take speed training seriously?
Maybe we've found the issue.
Size Matters commented on January 19, 2012 at 10:41 a.m.: report abuse
Seems the PB Post guys don't understand why the Moore kid's recruiting is so slow.
"Whattya mean he's undersized? He looks huge to Matt and I." said Greer.
Old Jock commented on January 19, 2012 at 4:14 p.m.: report abuse
No its attitude. He would get mad if he thought he wasn't getting targeted enough on the field. You can spin it anyway you want but I have dinner with CFB coaches all the time and I push the kids west of 441 real hard and inevitably the attitude situation for Jaime always comes up. Sad but true. His best bet is if he has an opportunity to play at Marshall he better jump on it. Marshalls program is as good or better than half the BCS schools.
OldGuy commented on January 23, 2012 at 4:48 p.m.: report abuse
Point of the article was pretty clear I thought ... Evan Moore as a cautionary tale
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